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蕎 = 喬 + 艹
蕎 is a Japanese kanji written with 15 strokes, listed here under the keyword “buckwheat”. It is built from 喬 (angel) and 艹 (mugwort). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2454.
- Keyword
- buckwheat
- RTK frame
- 2454
- Strokes
- 15
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- キョウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- そば
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- гречневая крупа
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 蕎 buckwheat
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 蕎 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “angel” + “mugwort”. 蕎 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 蕎 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.